THE LEWISTON AND AUBURN RAILROAD COMPANY
1872-2009
BY DOUGLAS HODGKIN

THE LEWISTON AND AUBURN RAILROAD COMPANY

Item# ISBN 9781450707251

$20.00

This detailed history of the Lewiston and Auburn Railroad Company traces its controversial founding and construction and its operation as a branch line of the Grand Trunk and Canadian National Railways. Reflecting the national decline of railroads in the latter half of the twentieth century, the rail yards on each side of the tressle over the Androscoggin River were aabandoned and eventually became parks. More recently, however, intermodal transportationtechnology has made the Railroad a player in the economic development of the region. Paperback 126 pages